Ultimate chocolate chip cookies!!

I officially declare these the best cookies in the world, gooey on the inside, crunchy on the outside, and packed full of chocolate; just how I like them. I think it must be the golden syrup that makes them just perfect! I tried them at a craft evening and then hunted down the recipe from the lovely Kay, who has kindly said I can share it with you all. I won't leave you in anticipation any longer, here we go:

Kay's Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 12 or 6 massive ones!

4oz (100g) margarine,
3oz (75g) soft light brown sugar,
2 tbsp golden syrup,
4oz (100g) choc chips (you can change these for any other ingredients you want: sultanas, cranberries, cherries, nuts etc.I used white and milk chocolate buttons)
6oz (150g) self raising flour,

1. Set the oven to 180C fan.

2. Cream together the margarine and sugar together.

3. Stir in the golden syrup, chocolate chips and flour until it makes a stiff dough.

4. Grease 2 baking trays and then put 12 dollops of the mixture on the trays, spaced out (they should be about the size of ping pong balls).

5. Bake for 12-14 mins until the outsides are just golden brown.

6. Leave to cool on the trays, then devour!!!

I don't think they will last long!

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Hidden delights!!

One of the great pleasures in baking is surprising the eater when they bite into your baked delights!! Obviously a good surprise is preferable to a bad one so I wouldn't recommend hiding a worm inside it (as a certain older brother of mine liked to do in my lunchbox at school!!!)

  I have been baking this weekend for friends and family visiting our new house and made mince pies and cupcakes. Inside my mince pies I hid an extra layer of marzipan and stealing Kate's idea, I hid an Oreo cookie at the bottom of my chocolate and Oreo cookie cupcakes. It worked brilliantly and stayed crunchy after they had been baked in the oven and came away from the case in the bottom of the case. I would definitely recommend them!! 

What do you add to your Christmas/anytime baking to make it extra special?

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Cookie monster!

Hello readers! Had decided to make some cookies today, and although I set out to do something like rocky road or smores cookies I actually settled for chocolate chip cookies, perfect with a glass of milk! After a quick root around the internet I thought I'd give Martha Stewart's Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies a whirl. I was hoping to find something that was soft and slightly squidgy inside and crispy outside and although these don't do this, they are delicious soft cookies that I think would be lovely with a good glass of cow juice! So if you want to give them a go, here is the recipe (Martha's measurements are all in cups so I've added grams/oz for anyone who doesn't own some measuring cups):

Martha Stewart's Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/4 cups/5oz/125g all-purpose flour (plain flour to us Brits)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda (bicarbonate of soda/baking powder for us Brits)

1 cup (2 sticks)/8oz/200g unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup/4oz/100g granulated sugar

1 cup/8oz/200g packed light-brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 large eggs

2 cups/12oz/300g semisweet and/or milk chocolate chips (I used a bar of Cadbury's dream in chunks and then dark chocolate chips).

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas mark 4.

2. Cream together the butter and both sugars. 

3. Add the salt, vanilla and eggs and beat in well.

4. Add the flour and baking soda and mix well.

5. Finally add the chocolate and stir to make sure the mixture is fully combined.

6. Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment and then use a table spoon to put dollops of the cookie dough onto the trays (I found I needed 4 trays in total, but as I only own 2 I just baked them in 2 batches).

7. Bake for 10-15 minutes until they are slightly brown and crisp around the edges.

8. Cool briefly on the trays then leave to cool on a wire cooling wrack. Enjoy with a glass of milk!

Looking forward to a couple of these little beauties tomorrow!

Still on the hunt for the perfect cookie recipe though, am hoping to track it down from a certain someone soon...

xxx